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5 days ago · The Summer Book is an ambitious translation of a highly-regarded, slim memoir/novel by Finnish author and Moomins creator Tove Jansson that impressionistically and naturalistically talks about a ...
1 day ago · The wild success of the Moomins is proof of that. Her more adult novels are less renowned, and “The Summer Book” is the first to get a significant feature adaptation. However, on the evidence of director Charlie McDowell’s adaptation, her more fantastical creatures offer more opportunities for cinematic spectacle, as this film feels too ...
Contents. Summertime (1955 film) Summertime is a 1955 romantic comedy drama film directed by David Lean, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda. It follows a lonely middle-aged American secretary and her experiences touring Venice alone for the first time, during which she falls in love with an Italian ...
4 days ago · 13.10. 19:33. A film based on Tove Jansson ’s 1972 novel The Summer Book has premiered in London. The film, which shown for the first time at the London Film Festival on Saturday, stars Glenn Close, 77, in the role of the grandmother. In a screen career lasting more than four decades, the American actor has won several Emmy, Golden Globe and ...
2 days ago · “The Summer Book”, one of the 10 novels and short stories for adults written by Jansson, better known for the Moomins book series first published in 1945, was purportedly her favorite. The author, who died in 2001, lived some of her life on an island like the one depicted, and the girl was loosely based on her niece, Sophia Jansson.
5 days ago · The cumulative experience is affecting in its own minor-key way, an appealing throwback to old-fashioned family dramas of a more innocent era. While the book is fiction, it’s drawn from Jansson ...
3 days ago · 17 Inspirational Movies That Will Make You Believe Anything Is Possible. If you can dream it, you can stream it. By Jessie Mooney. Oct. 2, 2024. Ah, the power of cinema. Not to get all emotional about it, but certain movies really do leave you deep in your feelings. They yank at your heartstrings.
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